Boys and their Toys – Thanks to AgrAbility

Peacefully Organic Produce just won the lottery. Due to a 70% disability from two back surgeries while in the military, farmer-veteran Steve Acheson was eligible for funding help through the AgrAbility program. And help he got — a tractor, a water wheel transplanter, a utility vehicle and gas-powered t-post pounder! Now if they could just find a veteran who wants a PAID summer intern job to learn organic farming, everything would be hunky dory.Contact: popscsa.com

There are two levels: a 3-bottle level, and a 12-bottle level*, both sent out quarterly. Beyond the benefits of delightful mead delivered to your door, the Golden Coast Mead Club entitles you to discounts on mead purchases, complimentary club events, & other goodies

The 3-bottle club will be shipments of the California Traditionals and sour meads that you already know and love, while the 12-bottle club also includes special release meads that will be available nowhere else.

Chelsea Green, an employee-owned, independent publisher of food & farming books, is coordinating their authors with the School of the New American Farmstead at Sterling College in Craftsbury, Vermont. These continuing education courses offer agrarians, culinarians, entrepreneurs, and lifelong learners a chance to receive hands-on, in-depth instruction from skilled practitioners. It’s like a grown-ups summer camp!

Nate Ellis is a veteran who flew helicopters in Afghanistan. He is now a graduate student in the USC Film School and this short film is his graduate film project and is based on his own experiences in love and war.

A handful of L.A. veteran friends and I will be attending and if you’re in L.A., come on down, it’s open to the public:

Veteran Kelly Carlisle’s urban youth farm project, Acta Non Verba, is creating a safe haven for children in East Oakland, CA, a place better known for its crime rate then fresh veggies. She believes that “every child deserves a safe space to get their hands dirty and learn about where their food comes from.” These kids have their own CSA, where they raise & harvest fresh food, with all profits going into education funds for them. Want to support kids for her summer camp?

Growing Veterans is developing a certified peer-support training in addition to their food production program. If you are interested in learning how to incorporate Growing Veterans’ model in your own projects, be sure to fill out their Outpost Training survey.

Learn more about the organization empowering military veterans to grow food, communities, and each other in Washington State, at their new website:

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The New Normal

This promo reel for The New Normal focuses on the caregivers, the young wives of combat veterans. Set amidst the lush landscapes of Hawaii, and fueled the
community’s spirit of Aloha, we will follow the Emmons family as they pursue their dream to build a community food forest for other veteran families, nourishing both
the people and the planet.